Image Of Distinction - Zhang Chao
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
"Beach sand."
12th Place - Daniel Knop
Oberzent-Airlenbach, Hessen, Germany
"Wing scales of a butterfly (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle."
Image Of Distinction - Dr. Laurent Formery And Dr. Nathaniel Clarke
Stanford University
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Pacific Grove, California, USA
"Nervous system of a young sea star."
Image Of Distinction - Dr. Håkan Kvarnström
Bromma, Sweden
"Peacock plume feather."
Image Of Distinction - Timothy Boomer
Vacaville, California, USA
"Slime mold (Prototrichia metallica)."
Image Of Distinction - Ted Kinsman
Rochester Institute of Technology
Photosciences Department
Rochester, New York, USA
"A common house cat claw."
Image Of Distinction - Uwe Lange
Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
"Pollen on the compound eyes of a fly."
13th Place - Paweł Błachowicz
Bedlno, Świętokrzyskie, Poland
"Eyes of green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)."
Honorable Mention - Dr. Bruce Douglas Taubert
Glendale, Arizona, USA
"Ocelli between the compound eyes of a yellow jacket."
5th Place - Thomas Barlow And Connor Gibbons
Columbia University
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
New York, New York, USA
"Cluster of octopus (Octopus hummelincki) eggs."
6th Place - Henri Koskinen
Helsinki University
Helsinki, Uudenmaan lääni, Finland
"Slime mold (Cribraria cancellata)."
Honorable Mention - Dr. Igor Robert Siwanowicz
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus
Ashburn, Virginia, USA
"Antenna of a mole crab."
Honorable Mention - Jochen Stern
Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
"Golden bug eggs on a sage leaf."
Honorable Mention - Randy Fullbright
Vernal, Utah, USA
"Agatized dinosaur bone."
Image Of Distinction - Joshua Coogler
Dallas, North Carolina, USA
"Moss sporophyte with spores (green)."
3rd Place - Chris Romaine
Port Townsend, Washington, USA
"Leaf of a cannabis plant. The bulbous glands are trichomes. The bubbles inside are cannabinoid vesicles."
11th Place - Dr. Ferenc Halmos
Bánd, Veszprém, Hungary
"Slime mold on a rotten twig with water droplets."
7th Place - Gerhard Vlcek
Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
"Cross section of European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria) leaf."
Image Of Distinction - Dr. Robert Markus
University of Nottingham
School of Life Sciences, Super Resolution Microscopy
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
"Dandelion (Traxacum officinale) cross section showing curved stigma with pollen."
Image Of Distinction - Thomas Neumann
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Ink dot on Japanese washi paper."
9th Place - John-Oliver Dum
Medienbunker Produktion
Bendorf, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
"Pollen in a garden spider (Araneus) web."
Image Of Distinction - Jacek Myslowski
Wloclawek, Kujawko-Pomorskie, Poland
"Water mite (Arrenurus)."
2nd Place - Dr. Marcel Clemens
Verona, Veneto, Italy
"Electrical arc between a pin and a wire."
Honorable Mention - Daniel Evrard
Aywaille, Liege, Belgium
"Vinyl player needle on scratched vinyl disk."
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#6 is a cat lol.